Flight 1927-03 / Flight

Avro "Bison" (Napier "Lion"). The Avro "Bison" is a remarkable example of the versatility of the designing powers of a single firm, which has been responsible for such a variety of types as the Avro 504K, the "Avenger" single-seater fighter and the "Ava" bomber. The "Bison" is a four-seater Fleet gunnery spotter. It has a deep fuselage forming a cabin for the crew, while the pilot sits high up in front of the top plane. In spite of its size its landing speed is low enough to permit safe landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier. "Bisons" are attached to H.M.S. Furious and Eagle.

Air Pictorial 1956-03 / Photos by request

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N154   [2]

AVRO BISON I. The prototype Bison I (N154) was designed as a fleet gunnery spolter and appeared at the second (1923) R.A.F. Pageant at Hendon. It was a three/four-seater, with the observer and wireless operator seated in the cabin between the wings, and a gunner in an open cockpit aft. The pilot was situated high up in the fuselage in front of the top wing. A 450-h.p. Napier Lion powered the Bison.
A development, known as the Bison II, was generally similar but was fitted with a fin and had single-bay wings. The span was 46 ft. and the length 37 ft. The Mark II had a maximum speed of 110 m.p.h. and could climb to 10,000 ft. in 24 minutes. Its loaded weight was 5,800 lb.

Flight 1922-12 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N153

The Avro "Bison" is a Fleet Gunnery Spotting Aeroplane fitted with Napier "Lion" engine.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N154   [2]

Стойки центроплана подняли верхнее крыло второго прототипа Bison примерно на 0,40 м над фюзеляжем.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1978-01

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9601   [2]

Bisons in service. Fleet No.39 is N9601 seen taking off from Furious.

Air Pictorial 1958-07 / Scrapbook

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9601   [2]

FLEET AIR ARM. Photographs of operational aircraft in service with the Fleet Air Arm between the wars are comparatively rare. Reader D. C. McKinnon of Padworth, Berkshire has submitted some fine "action" photographs of which these Avro Type 555 Bison Mk. IIs are but two. The Bison Mk. II was a four-seat deck-landing. Fleet Gunnery Spotter (one 450-h.p. Napier Lion Srs. II). From 1922-7. forty-one Bison Mks. I and II were built. Photo: a Bison Mk. II (N9601) of H.M.S. Courageous, about 1925, fitted with port amidships, gunnery practice sleeve-retrieving windlass.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1983-01

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9592   [2]

Bison N9592 of No.421B Flight carries 'Eagle's' fuselage band and Fleet Number '34'. Visible in this view are the bomb racks, the open window to the observer's cabin and the flight of steps providing access to the cockpit

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-02 / Personal album

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9838

The ugly and aptly named Bison, Avro’s design for a carrier-borne fleet spotter reconnaissance aircraft. Powered by a 450 h.p. Napier Lion, the Bison carried a crew of three or four and was armed with a free-mounted Lewis machine gun on a Scarff ring amidships. Bison N9838 is seen on a flight from Hal Far, Malta in 1928.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1978-01

Bisons in service. A Bison target-tug.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1983-01

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9848

Bison II N9848, Fleet No. 21, of No.423 Flight is fitted with a fixed Vickers gun for the pilot

Flight 1928-05 / Flight

HAMPSHIRE AIR PAGEANT: The Avro "Bison" descending after being defeated by the (distant) Fairey "Flycatcher" in the aerial combat.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Flycatcher - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1922

Flight 1925-09 / Flight

"BISONS" BROWSING AT BROUGH: This photograph, taken from the air, shows a fleet of Avro "Bison" machines at the Brough aerodrome. The "Bison" was designed and constructed by A. V. Roe and Co. as a Fleet gunnery spotter, and is fitted with a Napier "Lion" engine. The machine is equipped for taking off from, and alighting on, the deck of a vessel.

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-10 / P.Capon - Capon's Corner

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: S1112

Avro Type 555A Bison fleet spotter S1112 was photographed outside the Hamble works in April 1928. The Bison was powered by the 480 h.p. Napier Lion II.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1978-01

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: S1166

Bison II S1166 at Heliopolis in 1929, disembarked from HMS Eagle.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1978-01

FLEET AIR ARM. Photographs of operational aircraft in service with the Fleet Air Arm between the wars are comparatively rare. Reader D. C. McKinnon of Padworth, Berkshire has submitted some fine "action" photographs of which these Avro Type 555 Bison Mk. IIs are but two. The Bison Mk. II was a four-seat deck-landing. Fleet Gunnery Spotter (one 450-h.p. Napier Lion Srs. II). From 1922-7. forty-one Bison Mks. I and II were built. Photo: A "runaway", crewless Bison (N959-) about to take the plunge;

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1978-01

Bisons in service. The Bison IA behind the catch-nets appears to be pilotless

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-02 / Personal album

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9592   [2]

Another Bison, N9592, was ditched by Lt Harrison with J. Marescaux as his observer. They were picked up by HMS Caradoc. N9592 was originally delivered to the Engine Research Flight at the RAE in February 1924.

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Avro Bison Mk IA